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☆ Sümela, Turkey: The ancient monastery hanging from a cliff
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos within the sponsorship, in compliance with our policyCNN —If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. “The Virgin Mary is a holy person for the Muslim people also. “The sultans considered Sümela a sacred place and helped the monastery by giving the monks donations and more land,” he adds. Sümela was popular with Christian and Muslim pilgrims, and an active Greek Orthodox monastery, until the early 20th century. Many of the Greeks living in the Pontic Alps and nearby Black Sea coast chose to relocate to Greece, including the monks of Sümela Monastery.

Persons: “ We’ve, Levent Alniak, Senol Aktaş, Virgin Mary, Sümela, Jesus, Mary, St, Ignatius, Öznur, who’s, Sümela’s, Barnabas, Sophronios, Luke the, ” Alniak, Soumela Organizations: CNN, Ottomans, Turkish, Rock Church, Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, van, Turkish Airlines, Ramada Plaza, Radisson Locations: Sümela, Turkey, Roman, Trabzon province, “, Sofia, Istanbul, Ottoman, Black, Greece, Sümela Monastery, Altindere, Nea Sumela, Constantinople, Altındere, Trabzon, Coşandere

☆ Turkey says EU is 'unjust and biased' on membership bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

European Union (R) and Turkish flags fly at the business and financial district of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The European Commission's annual report on Turkey's long-stalled EU membership bid is "unjust and biased", the Turkish foreign ministry said. "We categorically reject unfounded claims and unjust criticisms, particularly on the political criteria and the Chapter on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement. The Turkish ministry said the allegations were unfair and highlighted "the insincerity of EU's approach and a clear double-standard", adding that fundamental rights issues were contentious even among EU member states. Turkey's bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after having launched membership talks in 2005.

Persons: Osman Orsal, Turkey's, Huseyin Hayatsever, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, European, Fundamental, Turkish, EU, Thomson Locations: Levent, Istanbul, Turkey, Rights ANKARA, Turkish, Israel, Gaza

☆ Video seems to show Hamas fighter running up to an Israeli tank, planting an explosive on it, then shooting it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hamas' fighters released footage purporting to show an Israeli tank under attack. AdvertisementAdvertisementHamas released footage that appears to show the guerrilla-style destruction of an Israeli tank in Gaza. In what appears to be helmet-cam footage, the fighter spies a number of tanks from behind bushes. That video did not align with that — there were no visible infantry or other forces who acted to stop the Hamas fighter. Analysts have predicted that Israel's fight in Gaza — which has seen massive civilian destruction — would not be a lightning offensive.

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☆ AI classes at Stanford have doubled over the past five years — showing just how fast the tech is taking over. Here's what students and professors are talking about on campus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Stanford students say interest in generative AI has already surpassed the crypto hype. Now, since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November, interest in AI on campus has surged, more than a dozen Stanford students and faculty told Insider. By the 2022-2023 school year, that number jumped to 140, with 14 courses that specifically touched on "generative AI." Sid SharmaSiddharth Sharma, a sophomore majoring in computer science, said those doubts haven't yet swept through campus. Bryan Chiang, a senior majoring in computer science, recently built an AI-powered monocle called RizzGPT.

Persons: Stanford, OpenAI, Rishi Bommasani, Sophie Fujiwara, Sophie Fuji, Isabelle Levent, Levent, ChatGPT, Ben Margot, Bryant Lin, Lin, Peter Norvig, —, Norvig, Siddharth Sharma, Sid Sharma Siddharth Sharma, Bryan Chiang, Chiang Organizations: Morning, Stanford University, Stanford, Big Tech, Google, Yahoo, Stanford Center for Research, brunch, CS 224N, Stanford Daily, Stanford's Institute for, Twitter, Microsoft Locations: Silicon Valley, —

☆ Whirlpool partners Arcelik in Europe, quits MidEast and Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Whirlpool also said it had agreed to sell its Middle Eastern and African businesses to Arcelik, which the Turkish firm said was for 20 million euros ($21.65 million) in cash. The moves come after Whirlpool launched a review of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations in April 2022 and said it planned to focus on higher margin businesses. The U.S. firm said the Middle Eastern and African businesses being sold to Arcelik had sales of around $4.2 billion in 2021. The entirety of Whirlpool's EMEA business reported sales of $5.01 billion last year. The deals are expected to be completed in the second half of the 2023, subject to regulatory approval, Arcelik said.

☆ Insider Life: Rich nab NYC penthouses — Rolex's rise — Lavish post-pandemic weddings
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-20 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

We're back just in time for the weekend with some of our best stories spanning real estate, retail, and lifestyle. Today, we're bringing you the latest on NYC's penthouse sales, Rolex's rise to the top, and lavish $200,000 post-pandemic weddings. Rolex's path from humble origins to the top luxury watch brand. Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesRich people are scooping up more New York City penthouses now than any other time in the last 14 years. Here's what that means for Manhattan real estate.

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